The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-08-25
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
J. j. ZUCCARELLo, EDITOR.

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schools of Giles county this year,
am very much impressed with this
question, 'What will be the result
of this years laborsF" No human
being can tel. That there are and
and will be results is as certain as
lite, but just how great, and wheth-
er for good or evil, can not be re
corded. The effect of influence is
like the results of q stone thrown
into lake Of still water. The
waves it makes do not stop until
they reach its furtGerest shores. Ii
is said that the vibrations produced
by single spoken word reach
around the world. A few years ago
while an astronomer was watching
the sun q disturbance was wit
| messed; it was atterward ascertained
that every telegraph instrument OF
The globe was disturbed at the very
instant. Infinitely more subtle and
permanent are waves of thought and
influence. A single spoken word
may start pupil on the road to
happiness or woe. 4 scholar has
been known to leave a school-room
with hatred Of his teacher life
long in its effects.
Add the long columns of results.
What are their sums? Per cents.
No! Facts? No. Memory work?
No. What then? Character. That
IS all worth mentioning. Throw
ari 5hmctic to lhe dogs, when you
are estimating results. All the
| arithmetic8 OF earth never made a
child good man or girl an affec-
tionate woman. What shall we do
then? Leave off studying arithme-
tic, geography and history No.
Leave OF thinking that all the stud
les of christendom are anything but
means, means; that is all. The
learning TO read is OF 40 account
compared with the getting a love
for good reading, high ideas, and
the building up of character. A
school journal advises the calling
up OF the knotty question: of TIE
past for the purpose Of seeing that
the pupils have them firmly in theil
grip. Whether this be good or bad
depends upon Why these knotty
questions are called up. Is it for ex-
animation purposes, so that the pu-
pill can pass and be promoted
Then it is bad? But if it is f i
conquering an obstacle go that the
student can cry ''victory!' then il
is grand. when a boy grappias 8
problem with the grit, "I'll solve ii
or I'll not eat my SUPPER" he is cd
ucating in himself the stuff ont oil
which heroes are made; when he
stands before Jury he will say, on
convince them, or III sit up all
night" He throws all his energies
into that case % though his life de
pended upon his success, When he
g farmer. he goes at his plow, and
lakes hold Of his AK with the grip
and grit Of Gen. JACKSON at New
Orleans or Gen. Wolfe at Quebec.
Wtat are our schools doing this
year 10: ciEilizationF It is pltiable
and ritilul how little May ,cach-
IS and school boards care about re
-uits, raal results, results that
amount 10 anything; aud how much
they care about results that amount
20 very little; per centase RESULT
'eportod results, paper results
show results, nonsense results. Iub-
bish results. dc net apt ak i S
couragi ely Of these results
,n,y aEa very ( OIL NEGATIVES; tut
iat', look fer s.i'l hiLher n lives.
Results that fix in the higher Ideals
that excite Goif.e thoughts and a.
| pira,ions; results tha' educate coaf
AZ, &coGs c;ence ana cousiG2fa
,ipn fot the rights Of others; result:
thas make child cleaner. Vur"r
more loveahle these lcsuns ar,
worth a4olj&inE for. ''ha saAoa..
that obtain these results are ,iejae
work that can not be estimated
by rules of per ccntage or v5fue(
with dollars and coats. =.